Bob Blumenfield | |
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Member of the Los Angeles City Council from the 3rd district | |
Assumed office July 1, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Dennis Zine |
Member of the California State Assembly | |
In office December 1,2008 –June 30,2013 | |
Preceded by | Lloyd E. Levine |
Succeeded by | Matt Dababneh |
Constituency | 40th district (2008–2012) 45th district (2012–2013) |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City,New York,U.S. | September 13,1967
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Kafi Watlington |
Children | 2 |
Education | Duke University (BA) University of California,Los Angeles (MBA) |
Signature | |
Website | Official website |
Robert J. Blumenfield (born September 13,1967) is an American elected official in Southern California. [1] Blumenfield is the Los Angeles City Councilmember for the 3rd Council District which encompasses the southwestern San Fernando Valley neighborhoods of Los Angeles,including Canoga Park,Reseda,Tarzana,Winnetka,and Woodland Hills. Blumenfield took office on July 1,2013. Blumenfield previously represented the 45th district in the California State Assembly,which also covers the southwestern San Fernando Valley.
Blumenfield was born on September 13,1967. He is a graduate of Duke University and the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
From 1989 to 1996,he worked in Washington,D.C.,as a staff person to Senator Bill Bradley,Congressman Howard Berman and as staff designee to the House Budget Committee. He later worked as Director of Government Affairs for the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and then as District Chief of Staff to Congressman Berman in the San Fernando Valley.
Blumenfield took office as a member the California State Assembly in 2008 after defeating Republican candidate Armineh Chelebian in the general election. [2] During his time in the Assembly,Blumenfield represented the San Fernando Valley in District 40 and,following redistricting in 2012,District 45. He served as the chair of the Budget Committee.
Blumenfield was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in March,2013. He represents the 3rd Council District,which spans the northwest portion of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley,including the communities of Canoga Park,Reseda,Tarzana,Winnetka and Woodland Hills. [3]
Blumenfield currently lives in Woodland Hills with his wife Kafi and their two children.
Northridge is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles. The community is home to California State University,Northridge,and the Northridge Fashion Center.
Woodland Hills is a neighborhood bordering the Santa Monica Mountains in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles,California,United States.
Canoga Park is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles,California. Before the Mexican–American War,the district was part of a rancho,and after the American victory it was converted into wheat farms and then subdivided,with part of it named Owensmouth as a town founded in 1912. It joined Los Angeles in 1917 and was renamed Canoga Park on March 1,1931,after Canoga,New York.
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Victory Boulevard is a major east–west arterial road that runs for 25 miles (40 km) traversing the entire length of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County,California.
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Los Angeles's 3rd City Council district is one of the fifteen districts in the Los Angeles City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Bob Blumenfield since 2013 after winning an election to succeed Dennis Zine,who termed out and ran for City Controller that year.
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